The 2003 Pacific Life Open was a

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 30th edition of the

Indian Wells Masters The Indian Wells Masters, also known as the Indian Wells Open and BNP Paribas Open is an annual tennis tournament usually held in early- and mid-March at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California, United States. The owner is ...

and was part of the

Tennis Masters Series The ATP Masters 1000 tournaments (previously known as ATP Masters Series) is an annual series of nine tennis tournaments featuring the top-ranked players on the ATP Tour. The series' events have been held in Europe and North America since the ...

of the

2003 ATP Tour The 2003 ATP Tour was the global elite men's professional tennis circuit organised by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2003 tennis season. The ATP Tour is the elite tour for professional tennis organised by the ATP. The ATP T ...

and of

Tier I The WTA Tier I tournaments were Women's Tennis Association tennis elite tournaments held from 1990 until the end of the 2008 season. From 1988 to 1990, the different levels of WTA tournaments were referred to by the term 'Category', and there ...

of the

2003 WTA Tour The 2003 WTA Tour was the elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for the 2003 tennis season. The 2003 WTA Tour included the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, T ...

. Both the men's and women's events took place at the

Indian Wells Tennis Garden The Indian Wells Tennis Garden is a tennis facility in Indian Wells, near Palm Springs, California, in the Coachella Valley. The 16,100-capacity Stadium 1 is the largest stadium at the tennis complex, and the second largest outdoor tennis stad ...

Indian Wells, California Indian Wells is a city in Riverside County, California, in the Coachella Valley. Incorporated in 1967, it lies in between the cities of Palm Desert and La Quinta. As of the 2010 Census, the city population was 4,958. The city hosts the sixt ...

in the

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from March 5 through March 16, 2003.

Champions

Men's singles

Lleyton Hewitt Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 200 ...

defeated

Gustavo Kuerten Gustavo "Guga" Kuerten (; born 10 September 1976) is a Brazilian former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the French Open singles title three times (1997, 2000, and 2001), and was the Tennis Masters Cup champion in 2000. During his career he ...

, 6–1, 6–1 * It was Hewitt's 2nd title of the year and the 21st of his career. It was his 1st Masters title of the year and his 2nd overall. It was also his 2nd title at the event after winning in 2002.

Women's singles

Kim Clijsters Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. Clijsters reached the world No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, having held both rankings simultaneously in 2003. She won six major titles, ...

defeated Lindsay Davenport 6–4, 7–5 * It was Clijsters' 4th title of the year and the 19th of her career. It was her 1st Tier I title.

Men's doubles

Wayne Ferreira / Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 * It was Ferreira's 1st title of the year and the 25th of his career. It was Kafelnikov's 1st title of the year and the 52nd of his career.

Women's doubles

Lindsay Davenport / Lisa Raymond defeated

/ Ai Sugiyama 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 * It was Davenport's 2nd title of the year and the 72nd of her career. It was Raymond's 2nd title of the year and the 43rd of her career.

References

External links

*
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tournament profile

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